{"product_id":"in-pursuit-of-freedom-fugitive-slaves-and-advertised-escape-in-the-early-republic-paperback","title":"In Pursuit of Freedom: Fugitive Slaves and Advertised Escape in the Early Republic - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShaun R. C. Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eis a pioneering study of advertisements for fugitive slaves published in the early American South. Recovering, reconstructing, and reimagining stories that fugitive slaves compelled enslavers to advertise in print when they fled, the book unearths articulations of agency and expressions of resistance by enslaved persons. Drawing on a database of nearly six thousand advertisements, Wallace challenges the historiographical tendency to interpret escape as a rebellious response to the conditions of enslavement by emphasizing the agency behind freedom-seekers' decision to escape. \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complexities of fugitivity--a phenomenon that Wallace defines as a \"transitionary moment\" in a wider freedom struggle as fugitive slaves distanced themselves, physically and psychologically, from bondage--in the Upper South (Maryland) and Lower South (Georgia). In so doing, Wallace illuminates what fugitive slave advertisements can tell us about slavery in those regions, the lives of those who fled, and the actions of the enslaved in the early American republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHAUN R. C. WALLACE is a senior lecturer in U.S. history at the University of Bristol. His research on fugitive slaves in Georgia and Maryland included the creation of the Fugitive Slave Database, a unique digital archive preserving one of the largest collections of fugitive slave advertisements published between 1790 and 1810.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45640246362214,"sku":"9780820375489","price":62.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/uFOIUcjHl09780820375489.webp?v=1779285026","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/in-pursuit-of-freedom-fugitive-slaves-and-advertised-escape-in-the-early-republic-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}